roof
English
/ɹuːf/
noun
Definitions
- The external covering at the top of a building.
- The top external level of a building.
- The upper part of a cavity.
- (mining) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
- (rockclimbing) An overhanging rock wall
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English rof inherited from Old English hrōf (ceiling, top, roof, sky, heaven, summit) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hrōfą (roof).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hrōfą
Gloss
roof
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ball English
- beam English
- box English
- deroof English
- disroof English
- line English
- moon English
- moonroof English
- nonroof English
- rabbit English
- reroof English
- roof rabbit English
- roof tree English
- roofball English
- roofbeam English
- roofbox English
- roofer English
- roofful English
- roofing English
- roofless English
- rooflessness English
- rooflet English
- rooflike English
- roofline English
- roofscape English
- roofspace English
- rooftile English
- rooftop English
- rooftopper English
- rooftree English
- roofward English
- roofy English
- rooves English
- space English
- subroof English
- sun English
- sunroof English
- sunroofed English
- tile English
- top English
- tree English
- underroof English
- unroof English
- roef Dutch, Flemish
- руфер Russian
- руфинг Russian
- строп Russian
- стропило Russian
- стропить Russian
- *krāpo- Proto-Indo-European
- *hrōfą Proto-Germanic
- サンルーフ Japanese
- ムーンルーフ Japanese
- hrof Old English
- hrōf Old English
- rof Middle English
- rofen Middle English
- rooves Middle English
- *ruof Old Dutch
- bönhase Middle Low German
- стропъ Old East Slavic
- nuf Volapük
- rup Tok Pisin
- sun
- top
- box
- tree
- moon
- ball
- tile
- beam
- line
- space
- roofy
- roofer
- deroof
- reroof
- rabbit
- rooves
- unroof
- rooflet
- disroof
- rooftop
- roofing
- roofbox
- nonroof
- roofful
- subroof
- sunroof
- rooftile
- roofbeam
- moonroof
- roofball
- rooflike
- rooftree
- roofless
- roofward
- roofline
- underroof
- roofspace
- sunroofed
- roofscape
- roof tree
- rooftopper
- roof rabbit
- rooflessness